Abstract: In a motor vehicle having a hatchback door of glass which is hinged at its upper portion to the vehicle body to be swingable upwardly and downwardly to open and close a door opening formed in the vehicle body, the hatchback door is equipped at its lower end portion with an elongate strip of flexible elastic material which extends along the entire of the lower portion in a manner to cover at least the extreme edge of the lower portion.

Abstract: There is described a safety door the lock of which, upon turning of the key, outwardly displaces the bolt which, upon engagement in the door frame, pushes out for other bolts that engage in the door. Besides, the latter has a hinge co-extensive with its height and a side provided with five dead bolts which engage in the other side of the hinge upon closing of the door. A metal plate covers each of the opposite faces of the door.

Abstract: A window frame assembly is disclosed for facilitating the installation of new or replacement windows. The assembly includes a pair of opposed frame sections each having a generally rectangular configuration and appropriate dimensions to conform to the window opening. Each of the sections include opposed top and bottom components interconnected by opposed end components. In one form, locking means are carried by at least the top and bottom components of each of the frame sections so that they may be slid together and snapped in place in the window opening to form a frame assembly about the frame of the window itself. The top, bottom and end components also carry sealing means which are intended to abut and engage the window frame so as to provide a firm seal with the window itself. In one form, at least a portion of the sealing means are also adjustable to accommodate variations in window thicknesses while in another form the sealing means also serve as a thermal barrier.

Abstract: A door edge and hinge guard in the form of a U-shaped member is secured to a door frame longitudinally thereof to protect the edge of an open door and its hinge therein by resiliently deflecting objects such as shopping carts and the like away from contact with the edge of the door and the hinge.

Abstract: A safety door entrance includes a door mounted for swinging movement on hinges connected to a door jamb and a finger protector for continuously bridging a gap formed between the door heel and adjacent jamb as the door swings open and closed. The protector prevents a person's fingers, toes or other objects from accidentally being inserted in the gap and subject to damage when the door swings closed.

Abstract: A device for holding a recreational vehicle compartment access door in an open position includes a bracket plate having a pair or oppositely extending arms which are interconnected and offset by an intermediate bracket portion to which is attached a laterally projecting pin. The device is attached to a pinless hinge connecting the access door to its frame by opening the door and inserting the pin axially into an end of the hinge so that the arms contact radially opposed surfaces on the door and frame and hold the door open. The pin is adjustable along the intermediate bracket portion toward or away from the arm that contacts the frame, making the device readily adaptable to a wide variety of hinge and frame configurations.

Abstract: This invention relates to roll-type doors such as doors commonly used as garage doors may up of a plurality of horizontal panels hingedly connected together on horizontal axes equipped with a novel and improved guard strip to cover and shield the gap existing between certain of the hingedly connected panels when the door is closing and to yield by flexing when one or more fingers are placed between the upper portion of the guard strip and the adjacent outer face of the next above panel with the result that damaging contact with said finger or fingers is at all times avoided.

Abstract: Protective devices which are attached to a door and the surrounding casing for the purpose of providing maximum protection for the fingers of small children include: (1) a door stop device pivotally mounted on the front surface of the door, adjacent the free or unhinged edge, such that the stop automatically pivots downwardly and outwardly when the door opens to a position between the door and adjacent casing to prevent complete closure of the door until the stop device is reset; (2) a flexible, retractible shield overlying the forward gap between the front edge of the hinged side of the door and adjacent casing sidewall; (3) a flexible shield overlying the rear gap between the rear edge of the hinged side of the door and the casing; and (4) a yieldable, soft member forming a substantial portion of the vertical free edge of the door.

Abstract: For doors of truck sleeper cabs, a sleeper box hinge is provided with flexible clip-on seals and an integral stop. The hinge swings away so that the door and a cabinet need not be forced against each other while the door is being opened.

Abstract: A readily removable closure panel for an opening in a roof or wall of a vehicle and including a quick release hinge means for permitting partial opening of the panel and for rapid disengagement and removal of the panel from the roof. An adjustable hinge construction for a panel wherein the hinge construction includes a resilient yieldable hinge member which provides a hinge edge for releasable pivotal engagement with a cooperable frame portion of a frame member defining an opening in the roof. The hinge edge engagement provides a hinge axis beneath or interiorly of the panel margin and the hinge edge is adjustably spaced therefrom for causing the panel edge margin to press against a resilient gasket on the frame member in both closed and partially opened position of the panel.

Abstract: A moulded plastics pet door for relatively large animals comprising a rectangular frame for attachment to the sides of an aperture in a main door, a second U shaped frame engaging a frame on the rectangular frame and a flap engaging a frame on the second frame both the frame and the flap being pivoted on a rod extending transversely of the rectangular frame, shielded magnets being provided on the second frame and the flap to engage shielded keepers on the second frame and the flap. The flap is moulded with hollow reinforcing ribs and with slots in the rear side to receive bolts for locking the second frame and flap to the rectangular frame to prevent use of the pet door.

Abstract: A quick-release-hinge device comprising an elongated, latching, tongue member being releasably mounted to a stationary mounting bolt secured along one edge of a removable cover member, the cover member being formed to close an opening in a structure wherein the opening is defined by a peripheral frame member which includes a jaw member arranged to releasably receive the hinged, latching, tongue member, and a peripherally mounted sealing member disposed to be positioned between the frame member and the cover member in order to sealingly engage the peripheral edge of the cover in a closed mode. The elongated tongue is releasably held in a substantially fixed relationship to the cover member by a hold-down handle when the cover is closed or pivoted about the jaw member.

Abstract: An air seal is provided for restraining the flow of air through a cut-out section of a door which accommodates a door closing mechanism. A pair of nested cover strips individually flexed to a U-shaped configuration is mounted astride the mechanism, the bight of the outer strip resiliently abutting a vertical surface of the cut-out section in air sealing contact. The inner strip, which has greater resistance to flexing than the outer strip, contacts the side sections of the outer strip to stiffen them against flexing as the door is swung about its support. Both strips terminate in a fringed margin to accommodate the vertical rise of the lower boundary surface of the cut-out section as the door swings away from its closed position.

Abstract: A catch apparatus for use with hinges having generally parallel butt plates or wings connected together by a hinge pin and in which the catch apparatus includes a male member received within a female member for releasably holding the hinge plates in generally parallel relationship.

Abstract: A revolving door assembly comprising a cylindrical vertically extended door housing, a vertically mounted door comprising a plurality of radially extended leaves connected to a central axis, and a canopy mounted above said door and integral with said housing, said canopy having mounted therein a linearly elongated radiant energy emitting device providing a rectangular, planar energy field, said device mounted in radial relation to the axis of said door and adapted upon the interruption of any portion of the energy field thereof to actuate the locking of said door in position whereby escape from a portion of said housing is prevented.

Abstract: A safety device for covering the groove of an opening between doors, windows and the like, and its surrounding casing. The device comprises a bellows mounted opposite to the hinge axis whose opened out folds cover the groove when the door is open and which folds upon one another and to the door itself when the latter is closed.

Abstract: A door of a household refrigerator has a cam cooperating with a striker. The cam is biased into forcible contact with the striker and is of a configuration for urging the door toward the closed position in response to contacting of a first cam portion and the striker.

Abstract: A sectional door such as a garage door of the type having a plurality of hingedly connected panels adapted to be pivoted relative to one another generally about interior edges of facing lateral ends during opening and closure of the door. One of each pair of facing ends of the panels is equipped with a first rail having a front wall and defining an interior pocket. The facing end of the adjacent panel is equipped with a second rail having an arcuate segment extending into the pocket of the first rail in overlapping relationship to the front wall thereof when the adjacent panels are in aligned orientation. When the adjacent panels are pivoted relative to one another generally about their interior edges, the arcuate segment of the second rail moves outward of the pocket of the first rail to span the angular gap formed between the facing ends of the adjacent panels.

Abstract: A finger guard assembly is structured for easy field retrofitting to a standard center-pivot door without removing the door from the doorway. The assembly includes a pair of extruded jamb guard members flush mounted on a doorway jamb and a pair of extruded door guard members flush mounted on the opposite parallel surfaces of the door stile. The jamb guard members and door guard members are shaped and positioned to cooperatively provide a narrow gap for preventing the entry of fingers therebetween. The several guard members are temporarily supported in position on the jamb and door by double faced adhesive tape preparatory to final mounting.